Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Staying home: Drop in foreign students bad omen for Canada’s labor market
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Travel restrictions and a shift to online learning has dramatically cut the number of international students expected to attend Canadian universities and colleges th...
Sep 15, 2020
Irish parliament to reconvene after brief suspension
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish parliament is to reconvene on Tuesday evening, ending a brief suspension announced a few hours earlier out of an "abundance of caution" when a minister fell ill, Prime Min...
Sep 15, 2020
Moussa Traore, who led Mali’s first military coup, dies at 83
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's former military leader Moussa Traore, who overthrew his predecessor in a 1968 coup, has died at the age of 83, a spokesman for the country's military junta said on Tuesday. T...
Sep 15, 2020
Bronze statue of Melania Trump unveiled in Slovenia
SEVNICA, Slovenia (Reuters) - A life-size rough bronze sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was unveiled near her hometown of Sevnica in southeastern Slovenia on Tuesday to replace a wooden figu...
Sep 15, 2020
France’s new COVID-19 cases rise by more than 7,000
PARIS (Reuters) - France's health authorities on Tuesday reported 7,852 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, rising from 6,158 new infections on Monday. In a daily website update, the Fr...
Sep 15, 2020
India pushes tonnes of supplies to disputed China border ahead of winter
By Devjyot Ghoshal LEH, India (Reuters) - From deploying mules to large transport aircraft, India's military has activated its entire logistics network to transport supplies to thousands of troops for...
Sep 15, 2020
Zimbabwe eases COVID-19 restrictions as exam classes start
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe on Tuesday lifted a ban on inter-city travel and extended working hours as the government gradually re-opens the economy by easing COVID-19 restrictions. The Southern Afric...
Sep 15, 2020
International tourist arrivals drop 65% in first half of 2020: World Tourism Organization
MADRID (Reuters) - International tourist arrivals plunged 65% in the first half of 2020 compared to last year, data from the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization showed, with just over half of dest...
Sep 15, 2020
Teachers, medics rally in Spain over poor COVID planning, infections stable
MADRID (Reuters) - Teachers in the Spanish city of Bilbao staged a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest against their regional government's response to the COVID-19 crisis, while health workers in Mad...
Sep 15, 2020
EU calls for U.N. monitoring of Belarus rights abuses: document
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Union is calling for close monitoring of the human rights situation in Belarus by the U.N. human rights chief, adding to pressure on Minsk following what ...
Sep 15, 2020
